In the late years of Chongzhen, the realm collapsed into chaos, with refugees blanketing the land. A modern soul transmigrated into a beggar in troubled times, without any cheat fingers, struggling hard to survive amidst a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. He gathered starving people, built an iron army of firearms, and carved out a separatist domain with a commoner's body in the desperate situation where the imperial court was collapsing and external troubles arose on all sides. From a dilapidated Chenghuang temple to the nine tiers of the imperial court, every step was bathed in blood, maneuvering and playing games among multiple forces including rebel armies, gentry, and Later Jin. With the power of a warlord, upon the ruins of the Great Ming, he forged a troubled-times journey to turn the tide and settle the universe.